Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54093
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2003:040 (sendmail, sendmail-tls)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory SUSE-SA:2003:040. sendmail is the most widely used mail transport agent (MTA) in the internet. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow has been found in all versions of sendmail that come with SuSE products. These versions include sendmail-8.11 and sendmail-8.12 releases. sendmail is the MTA subsystem that is installed by default on all SuSE products up to and including SuSE Linux 8.0 and the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7. The vulnerability discovered is known as the prescan()-bug and is not related to the vulnerability found and fixed in April 2003. The error in the code can cause heap or stack memory to be overwritten, triggered by (but not limited to) functions that parse header addresses. Solution: Update your system with the packages as indicated in the referenced security advisory. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SUSE-SA:2003:040 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0694 Bugtraq: 20030917 GLSA: sendmail (200309-13) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106383437615742&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030917 Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694] (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381604923204&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030917 [slackware-security] Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed (SSA:2003-260-02) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106382859407683&w=2 Bugtraq: 20030919 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.041] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sendmail) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106398718909274&w=2 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#784980 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/784980 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:742 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000742 Debian Security Information: DSA-384 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-384 FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-03:13 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2003-q3/4119.html HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT3631 Immunix Linux Advisory: IMNX-2003-7+-021-01 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:092 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2975 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A572 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A603 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-283.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-284.html SCO Security Bulletin: CSSA-2003-036.0 SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2004.11 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2004.11/SCOSA-2004.11.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0113.html
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